Tire-saver.



D. A. EAKEN.

TIRE SAVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1915.

Patent-ed Nov. 16, 1915.

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Application fiica March 26, 1915.

adaplml tor use in connection with automobilcs.'- and other rel ieles employing pncu mai'ic tires, for the purpose oil elevating and sustaining the wheel axle portion of such vehicle in relieving the tires of the weight of the car or vehicle. when in the garage. or when notin use, and also protecting them from oil. moisture. dampness, and the like, thereby greatly protecting and prolonging the lii'j'e or service of the tire.

The primary object of this invention is to providi a generally improved tire saver 110k of this class, which will be exceedingly simple of construction, cheap of manufacture, and ellicie'nt; in use. p

A further obj at is the provision of dc- Vice of this class which may not only be easily and quickly applied to any ordinary i'vhcel hub in el wati-ng the wheel tire from the ground, but when so applied will form an improved wheel pedestal and brace for the elevated wheels thereby securely bracing the elevated vehicle as a whole as against; la ral displacen'ie .t, the operating lever and wheel li' fling members of the device cooper sch other when up for this 3111? at ing with pose With. the above mentioned and other ends in vi the invention coifisists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, illusi iied in one of its embodimoni in the accon'ipanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in rho appended claims.

Referrir to the drawings forming a pare of this specification, Figure 1, is a View showing the initial application of the do Vice to an ord nary wheel hub preparatory to lifting and sustaining the same for the purpose of ri-ilioving the tire, the wheel pedcstal and bracing niei'nber when in this position forming conjointly with the wheel hub lifting member toggle and toggle lever member of great power. Fig 2, a side eleration of the same when the wheel andtiii'e are elevated, the toggle lever member when AWN-q...

Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 17,165.

thus elevated forming a combined wheel pedestal and brace for the elevated wheel thereby securely bracing the same as against lateral displacement. Fig. an end View of the elevated wheel and tire. and illustrating the relative position of the lever in forming a wheel pedestal and brace and for cooperating with the wheel hub in bracing the wheel to prevent lateral displacement.

Similar numerals of reference designate wheel hub engaging operative hub sustaining position as shown most clearly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The

lower ends of the lever loop member 1, are

preferably provided base plate Asa means of eccentric-ally and ustably conneccing the hub lifting loop member 2, to the lever loop member 1, and particularly wiih respect to the lever fulcrum plate 4, the lo er ends of the lifting loopmember 2, are provided with removable pivot bearing oils 5, adapted to be adjustably mounted in boll; receiving openings 1", whereby the device may be readily adjusted to wheels and tires of varying forms and diameters.

fig a means of more effectively causing the pedestal loop member 1, to be normally swung inwardly past the dead center of the lifting loop or link 2, when the parts are in their normal or elevated position as shown in'Figs and 3 of the drawings, as Well as causing the pedcsi'al lever member 1, to more 'elleotii'ely bear against and brace the wheel when in an elevated position, and also eflec .tirely cooperate with the hub engaging and member 2, 1n bracing the lilting link or against lateral diswith a lever fulcrum wheel when elevated as placement, the sides of the loop lever l, are

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v like parts throughout all the figures of the] comprises a pedestal also be observed that the hubis spaced from the tOpLS may readily a pass over the hub when in its uppermost, or

preferably oflset as at l", and it will be readily apparent upon reference to Fig. 8 that the offset portion 1, is brought into close proximity to the lower portion 6, of the tire, so that any lateral movement will cause this portion of the tire to come into engagement with the offset portion 1, and prevent any further lateral movement, and it Will also be apparent that the oppositely arranged device when applied to the opposite wheel will cooperate therewith'in giving general stability to the vehicle body as a whole.

It will be readily apparent upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the loop members 1 and 2, form toggle loops, the loop or hub engaging and lifting member 2, forming a lifting link and the pedestal member 1, forming a toggle lever, having the base plate l, as the lever fulcrum, and it is equally apparent that when the parts are in their ele-' vated or wheel sustaining position as shown in Fig. 3, the parts 1 and 2, cooperate with each other in forming an exceedingly stable wheel sustaining and bracing pedestal for preventing lateral displacement as hereinbefore referred to.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood.

Having thus described one of the embodiments of my invention, what'I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. A tire saver, col'nprisil'lg U-shaped toggle loops, one of said loops being mounted within the other forn'iing a lifting link loop and terminating short of the top of the other to receive a wheel hub, and the other forming a toggle leve'r loop when down and a wheel bracing pedestal when up, the sides of said toggle lever loop being'provided with inwardly extending offset portions adapted to come into bracing engagement with the lower portion of the tire when elevated to prevent lateral displacement. i

2. A tire saver, comprising a combined lever and pedestal loop having the lower ends of its side members offset and provided with a series of pivot bolt receiving openings, a lever fulcrum base plate carried by the lower ends of said side members of said loop, a U- shaped lifting loop mounted within said pedestal loop and terminating in a concavoshaped hub engaging portion, and the other being provided with perforated offset portio'ns adjustably connected to the terminal portions of said lifting loop and adapted to come into bracing engagement with the lower portions of the sustained tire when elevated, the top portion of said loop resting against the sustained wheel above the elevated hub portion thereof, and a lever fulcrum base plate secured to the lower offset or terminal portions of said toggle lever loop.

4. A tire saver, comprising a combined lever and pedestal loop having its side members terminatirn in offset perforated portions, a lever fulcrum base plate carried by said offset portions of said side members, a wheel lifting loop adapted to swing within said pedestal loop and provided at one end with a concave-convex shaped hub engaging head and at the other with removable bearing bolts extending through said perforated offset portions of the sides ofsaid pedestal loop, said pedestal loop being normally swung inwardly past the dead center of said lifting loop and having its top resting against the sustained wheel above the hub portion thereof, said offset portions of said side members being adapted to rest in close proximity to the lower portion of the tire to abut against the latter to prevent lateral displacement when elevated.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DWIGHT A. EAKEW.

\Vitnesses M. A. Connnvo, F. ll. lrvnrrn. 

